>The mentioning of the southern hemisphere horizontal dial and especially of
>the
>spanish text on it caught my attention and interest since I live in South
>America (Chile).
>Where can I find details (website) to the auction, the sundial, etc.?
Dear Daniel,
I have tried below to read the EoT table etc. on the Southern
Hemisphere dial for you. The results are shown below, but due to the
poor resolution of the photograph in the catalogue I may have copied a
few erroneously. Anyway, here goes. I have used the ====== signs to
denote a decorative line that travels through the tables, roughly as
shown, but it does curl nicely, especially at the ends. It seems a
great way of denoting 'dial faster' or 'dial slower'. Note that the
last 4 months are strictly in one line on the dial, but due to the
limitations of page width I have had to split it in two. The / denotes
a solid vertical line across that part of the table. At the point where
the === line changes polarity there is also a 0 inserted, but it is
difficult to show here.
JAN. / FEBR. / MAERZ
DIAS 2. 7. 11. 17. 28. / 2. 20. 27. / 4. 12. 19. 20. 29.
MTR? 4 6 8 10 13 / 14 14 16 / 12 10 8 8 5
==================/============/==================
APRIL / MAI / JUNI
1. 8. 12. 13. 20. 25. / 2. 15. 28. / 4. 10. 11. 20. 24. 29.
4 2 1 ============/============/========= 1 2 3
=========== 1 2 / 3 4 5 / 2 1 ===============
JULI / AUGUST
4. 10. 19. / 4. 12. 17. 22. 25. 28.
4 5 6 / 6 5 4 2 2 1
============/========================
SEPT. / OKTB.
5. 11. 16. 22. 28. / 1. 7. 11. 20. 27. /
===================/===================/
1 3 5 7 9 / 10 12 13 15 ?? /
/ NOVE. / DEZB.
/ 11. 22. 29. / 1. 11. 17. 25. 27. 30.
/=============/============== 1 3
/ 16 14 12 / 11 7 4 ==========
FAST +
==========
SLOW -
Around the compass is the following:-
HEMISHÉRIO S SUL
the central S is for the S point of the compass.
It is difficult to estimate a particular latitude from the view
shown but I can tell you that the horizontal dial plate runs from about
04:30am to 07:30 pm, so if it is for South America it must be somewhere
fairly south.
If you would like a JPEG of the dial, please let me know (off
the list).
Regards,
Mike Cowham.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cambridge, UK.
